The Applicant and the Commission staff will present their respective positions on
which issues will require future adjudication. Intervenors should be prepared to
do the same. Interested agencies and members of the public are encouraged to
attend; representation by legal counsel is not necessary.

Purpose of the Prehearing Conference. As set forth in Title 20, California Code
of Regulations, Section 1718.5, the basic purposes of this Prehearing Conference
are to discuss procedures, identify issues and witnesses, and set schedules for
forthcoming documents and future evidentiary hearings on the Sutter Power Plant
Project.

Procedures. At the Prehearing Conference, the Committee will discuss procedures
to be utilized during the remainder of the hearing process which will enable the
Committee to conclude the process in a timely manner. Discussion areas will
include the filing dates for testimony, the dates for production of documents
such as the Final Staff Assessment and Determination of Compliance, subsequent
briefing and comment periods, and other reasonably related matters.

Issue and Witness Identification. A major purpose of the Prehearing Conference
is to help the Committee arrange the evidentiary hearings. At the evidentiary
hearings the Committee will require witnesses from the Applicant and the Staff to
testify, under oath (or affirmation) and be subject to cross-examination,
concerning each technical topic area relevant to an analysis of the proposed
project. Other parties may also present witnesses on matters within their
expertise or concern.

Consequently, parties shall identify in their Prehearing Conference Statements:
which topic areas remain in dispute and the precise nature of the dispute; which
topic areas are undisputed; the witnesses who will testify upon each topic area;
a brief summary of the witnesses' qualifications and the testimony which will be
presented; and any exhibits which will be offered into evidence. Parties
intending to sponsor witnesses at future evidentiary hearings shall provide this
information in their written Prehearing Conference Statements.

Prehearing Conference Statements. Parties intending to participate at the
Prehearing Conference shall file Statements providing information on the items
discussed above. These Statements must be served upon all other parties and the
Commission's Docket Unit, 1516 Ninth Street, MS-4, Sacramento, California 95814,
no later than WEDNESDAY, August 12, 1998. Identify these statements with Docket
No. 97-AFC-2.

Public Participation

Interested members of the public or governmental agencies may comment at the
Prehearing Conference. In addition, anyone with a legitimate interest relevant
to the siting of the proposed project may file a Petition to Intervene and become
a formal party to the proceeding. Party status provides the rights to present
independent evidence, receive pertinent documents, and cross-examine witnesses;
it also imposes the duties to comply with various orders, procedures, and filing
requirements.

Any Petition to Intervene should be filed prior to the August 19, 1998,
Prehearing Conference. The Public Advisor's Office will assist anyone interested
in preparing a Petition to Intervene. Those intervening at this late point in the
proceeding will typically not be allowed time extensions in order to catch up
since to do so would necessarily delay the proceeding.

Those desiring information or assistance concerning participation in these
proceedings should contact Roberta Mendonca, the Public Advisor, at (916)
654-4489 or toll free, (800) 822-6228. Paul Richins, the Staff Project Manager,
will respond to technical inquiries and may be reached at (916) 654-4074.
Questions of a legal or procedural nature should be addressed to Gary Fay, the
Hearing Officer, at (916) 654-3965. Please contact Robert Sifuentes at (916)
654-5005 if you require special accommodation to participate at this meeting.

Information concerning the status of the project, as well as notices and other
relevant documents, is also available on the Energy Commission's Internet home
page at: www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/sutter